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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	North Korea	Burkina Faso	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,594	11,075	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,785	11,405	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,977	11,828	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,165	12,380	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	23,330	12,829	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	23,477	13,178	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,621	13,540	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,764	13,917	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,908	14,309	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,051	14,722	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,191	15,152	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	24,326	15,600	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	24,457	16,064	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,589	16,563	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,720	17,072	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	24,852	17,575	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,983	18,094	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	25,115	18,621	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,248	19,157	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,381	19,698	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,497	20,242	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,608	20,788	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,711	21,336	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,808	21,889	19,266

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.